This is Getting Ridiculous

Seriously. Here are the six stupid items from the past two days. I'm not kidding! Six items! See for yourself:

House Resolution 18: Honoring the life, achievements, and contributions of Paul Newman.

House Resolution 47: Supporting the goals and ideals of Peace Officers Memorial Day.

House Resolution 83: Recognizing the significance of Black History Month.

House Resolution 180: Supporting the goals and ideals of the third annual America Saves Week.

Senate Concurrent Resolution 8: A concurrent resolution expressing support for Children's Dental Health Month and honoring the memory of Deamonte Driver.

Senate Bill 234: A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2105 East Cook Street in Springfield, Illinois, as the "Colonel John H. Wilson, Jr. Post Office Building".

I took time to look deeper into the actions of Congress in the past two days. Here is the time they took to "debate" and vote on these items:

House Resolution 18: 16 minutes
House Resolution 47: 13 minutes
House Resolution 83: 28 minutes
House Resolution 180: 20 minutes
Senate Concurrent Resolution 8: 1 minute
Senate Bill 234: 15 minutes
Total: 93 minutes

That's right, people. An hour and a half. This is what I'm talking about when I rant about wasting time. This is why I add seemingly important and worthy things to my list of stupid votes; the time taken out for these things adds up fast and doesn't do anything to solve the problems in which this country is mired. Congress took an hour and a half of precious floor time over the past two days to bring these things up. That's not including the inane things they discussed but never included in a resolution; that would have added at the very least another half hour. And we wonder why the government tends to move slowly.

EDIT: Just to clarify, I mentioned S.234 again because it passed in the House over the past two days, and had passed the Senate Monday. I can put it in twice if I want to.